Tony Noske is a former Australian motor racing driver and transport company proprietor.

Motor Racing

Having competed in

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, Tony Noske entered four rounds of the

1987 Australian Touring Car Championship The 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition which was open to Touring Cars complying with regulations as defined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and based on FIA Group A rules. The championship, whi ...

with a

Perkins Engineering Perkins Engineering was a team contesting the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series, operating as an active racing team between 1986 and 2008. From 2009 onwards, the involvement of Perkins Engineering in the championship wounded back into ...

built

Holden Commodore VK The Holden Commodore (VK) is a mid-size car that was produced by Holden from 1984 to 1986. It was the fourth iteration of the first generation of the Holden Commodore and introduced the luxury variant, Holden Calais (VK) sedan. Overview T ...

before contesting the Calder 300,

Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most recen ...

and Calder 500 with Garry Rush co-driving. Noske competed in six rounds of the

1988 Australian Touring Car Championship The 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship (promoted as the Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship thanks to sponsorship from Shell Australia) was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group 3A Touring Cars.CAMS 1988 C ...

.Tony Noske
Driver Database In 1989 he co-drove

Ford Sierra RS500 The Ford Sierra RS Cosworth is a high-performance version of the Ford Sierra that was built by Ford Europe from 1986 to 1992. It was the result of a Ford Motorsport project with the purpose of producing an outright winner for Group A racing in ...

s for Mobil 1 Racing,

Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing (formerly DJR Team Penske), is Australia's oldest motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship. The team currently fields the #11 and #17 Ford Mustang GTs for Anton de Pasquale and Will Davison respective ...

and

Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Racing was an Australian motor racing team which competed in the V8 Supercars Championship Series between 1989 and 2002. History Group A At the end of 1988, Philip Morris were dissatisfied with the level of signage it was offered ...

. Having taken on a managerial role with the Mobil 1 Racing team, Noske entered three rounds of the 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship. Noske's son

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would later become a

V8 Supercars The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...

driver.

Business

In 1976 Noske established Kalari Transport with three trucks in

Portland, Victoria Portland is a city in Victoria, Australia, and is the oldest European settlement in the state. It is also the main urban centre in the Shire of Glenelg and is located on Portland Bay. As of the 2021 census the population was 10,016, increasing ...

. Having expanded the business to 70 trucks, in 1994 Noske sold the business to

Swire Swire Group () is a Hong Kong- and London-based British conglomerate. Many of its core businesses can be found within the Asia Pacific region, where traditionally Swire's operations have centred on Hong Kong and mainland China. Within Asia ...

. In 2005 Noske re-entered the logistics market establishing Noske Logistics.Noske Logistics
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Noske, Tony Australian racing drivers Australian Touring Car Championship drivers People from Hamilton, Victoria 1951 births Living people Dick Johnson Racing drivers